Residents renew fight to save playing fields

Appeal launched to help save Yardley community facilities.

Covid chronicles: Across the blue water

Richard Lutz continues his route through Lockdown Land.

Birmingham and the Black Country – an urban jungle

Environmental project shows extent of wildlife to be found in the region.

Covid chronicles: Coconut magic

Richard Lutz reports on life in lockdown.

Green boost for Black Country

Region awarded funding for zero industrial carbon plans.

Life in the time of Corona: Of farming and those facemasks

Richard Lutz, in isolation, watches the world go by. 

Covid-19 is a pussycat

We may be fighting a deadly enemy now, but Kate Spohrer argues that worse is on the way.

Lockdown leg stretch

Richard Nevin has a stroll through the city centre.

Boiled Coins

Richard Lutz looks back at a weird old week.

Living in a viral world

Richard Lutz re-adjusts to a life that has changed.

West Midlands Tourism Awards 2020 – the results

Region’s best visitor venues honoured with awards in fifteen categories.

Gamers go green at Insomnia

Gaming festival’s eco village set for debut at i66.

Cheers and Piers

Richard Lutz is blasted by a storm and blessed with a Google promise. 

Kinver Edge and a trick of the light

Richard Lutz rides a storm on the Kinver escarpment.

Tory fury at latest clean air zone delay

Leader calls for controversial charge to be scrapped.

Tories attack Clean Air Zone charge

Conservative group call for travel tax to be delayed following vehicle checking “fiasco”.

Treecycling scheme raises funds for hospice

Mayor helps collection as £85,000 raised.

This cup of land

Richard Lutz explores 2,000 years of history in the Cotswolds.

True grit

Keir Highways gritters hit the road thanks to A1 Training.

Don’t bin your tree this New Year – Treecycle it

Raise funds for charity and help the environnment.

Birmingham Airport unveils green buses

Leading the way with new electric bus fleet.

Extinction Rebellion host election hustings

Two of the main parties commit to two of the Three Demands.

Extinction Rebellion to host hustings

Climate to be debated at general election debate.

From Everest to Embleton, it’s a mountain of plastic, paper and polystyrene

Sheilagh Matheson walks on an award-winning beach but has to pick her way through a wasteland of rubbish. 

Birmingham Airport announces future green aims

Airport publishes sustainability strategy and commits to net zero carbon.

Of haws, herons and hawks

Richard Lutz takes in the autumn. 

Gentle Flame reaches Birmingham

New music featuring words of Greta Thunberg to receive world premiere in the city.

Climate protestors returning to city centre

Extinction Rebellion Youth to host ‘die-in’ at Primark and HSBC New Street.

Lauda begins Birmingham-Vienna route

Connections available for “world’s most livable city”.

Call for council to publish secret transport plan

Perry Barr councillor Jon Hunt responds to the city council’s proposed transport initiatives.